Radio Communication Method and Device

ABSTRACT

A radio communication method and device are provided. The method includes: performing a compression processing on uplink control information to be transmitted in a target time unit, wherein the compression processing includes a compression processing performed on Coding Block Group (CBG)-based feedback response information included in the uplink control information; and transmitting the uplink control information after the compression processing in the target time unit.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)

This application is a 371 application of International Application No.PCT/CN2017/110520, filed on Nov. 10, 2017, the entire disclosure ofwhich is hereby incorporated by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of communication, and moreparticularly, to a radio communication method and device BACKGROUND

In a New Radio (NR) system, Coding Block Group (CBG)-based feedback andretransmission can be used to improve transmission efficiency, whereinone coding block group CBG can contain at least one coding block, andone transmission block contains at least one coding block group. Theterminal can feed back acknowledgement (ACK)/Non-acknowledgement (NACK)for each CBG independently (i.e., CBG level ACK/NACK), and at this timeretransmission can be scheduled based on the CBG

To ensure a demodulation performance of the uplink control channel, fordifferent terminals the network side may configure a maximum number ofbits of uplink control signaling which can be carried by a terminal. Fora terminal configured as CBG-based transmission, when the uplink controlinformation to be transmitted exceeds the maximum number of bitsconfigured by the network side, there is no definite scheme on how theterminal transmits the uplink control information

SUMMARY

Implementations of the present disclosure provide a radio communicationmethod and device.

In a first aspect, a radio communication method is provided. The methodincludes:

performing a compression processing on uplink control information to betransmitted in a target time unit, wherein the compression processingincludes a compression processing performed on Coding Block Group(CBG)-based feedback response information included in the uplink controlinformation;

transmitting the uplink control information after the compressionprocessing in the target time unit.

In combination with the first aspect, in one possible implementation ofthe first aspect, before the compression processing is performed on theuplink control information to be transmitted in the target time unit,the method further includes:

determining that a number of bits to be transmitted in the uplinkcontrol information is greater than a first value.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,performing the compression processing on the uplink control informationto be transmitted in the target time unit includes:

performing the compression processing on the uplink control informationaccording to the first value to make a number of bits to be transmittedin the uplink control information after the compression processing lessthan or equal to the first value.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,performing the compression processing on the uplink control informationincludes:

performing the compression processing on CBG-based feedback responseinformation corresponding to a single transmission block respectively.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,performing the compression processing on the CBG-based feedback responseinformation corresponding to the single transmission block respectivelyincludes:

performing the compression processing on CBG-based feedback responseinformation corresponding to different transmission blocks by using asame compression mode, wherein the same compression mode includes a samecompression ratio and/or same compression times.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,performing the compression processing on the CBG-based feedback responseinformation corresponding to the single transmission block respectivelyincludes:

performing the compression processing on the CBG-based feedback responseinformation corresponding to the single transmission block in turnaccording to a compression priority of the single transmission block.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,wherein performing the compression processing on the CBG-based feedbackresponse information corresponding to the single transmission blockrespectively includes:

performing at least one processing on the CBG-based feedback responseinformation in turn till a predetermined condition is satisfied, whereininformation used in an (M+1)th processing is feedback responseinformation after an Mth processing, and the M is an integer greaterthan or equal to 0.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,performing at least one processing on the CBG-based feedback responseinformation in turn includes:

performing the (M+1)th processing on the feedback response informationafter the Mth processing to make a number of bits of the feedbackresponse information after the (M+1)th processing less than or equal toa second value; wherein,

the second value is obtained by ceiling a maximum number of coding blockgroups which can be included in the transmission block divided by athird value, wherein the third value is equal to a value obtained bymultiplying a first compression ratio adopted in the (M+1)th processingby a second compression ratio adopted in the Mth processing; or,

the second value is obtained by ceiling a number of bits correspondingto multiple coding block groups before the (M+1)th processing divided bya third compression ratio; or,

the second value is obtained by ceiling the maximum number of codingblock groups which can be included in the transmission block divided bya fourth value, wherein the fourth value is an (M+1)th power of a fourthcompression ratio;

wherein the compression ratio is a ratio of a number of bits before acompression to a number of bits after the compression.

In combination with the first aspect or any of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,a value of the first compression ratio, a value of the secondcompression ratio, a value of the third compression ratio, or a value ofthe fourth compression ratio is a constant or configured by a networkside.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,performing at least one processing on the CBG-based feedback responseinformation in turn includes:

performing the (M+1)th processing by using the feedback responseinformation after the Mth processing, wherein the (M+1)th processingincludes performing a combining processing on valid bits of the feedbackresponse information after the Mth processing to obtain valid bits offeedback response information after the (M+1)th processing.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,performing the (M+1)th processing by using the feedback responseinformation after the Mth processing includes:

performing the combining processing on adjacent valid bits in the validbits of the feedback response information after the Mth processing toobtain the valid bits of the feedback response information after the(M+1)th processing.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,performing the (M+1)th processing by using the feedback responseinformation after the Mth processing includes:

grouping the valid bits of the feedback response information after theMth processing according to a compression ratio of the (M+1)thprocessing, wherein a difference between different groups in the numberof valid bits is not greater than 1; and

performing the combining processing in groups.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,the number of valid bits of the feedback response information after theMth processing is greater than a second value.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,performing the at least one processing on the CBG-based feedbackresponse information in turn includes:

performing the (M+1)th processing by using the feedback responseinformation after the Mth processing, wherein the valid bits in thefeedback response information after the Mth processing are mapped to thevalid bits in the feedback response information after the (M+1)thprocessing.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,the number of valid bits of the feedback response information after theMth processing is not greater than a second value.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,performing the at least one processing on the CBG-based feedbackresponse information in turn includes:

after performing at least one processing on the CBG-based feedbackresponse information, when a current number of bits to be transmitted inthe uplink control information is less than or equal to the secondvalue, filling the feedback response information with placeholderinformation to make a number of bits of the filled feedback responseinformation equal to the second value.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,when the CBG-based feedback response information is processed formultiple times, a compression ratio adopted for each processing is thesame.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,performing the compression processing on the CBG-based feedback responseinformation corresponding to the single transmission block respectivelyincludes:

performing a processing on the CBG-based feedback response informationby using a target compression ratio, wherein after performing theprocessing on the CBG-based feedback response information by using thetarget compression ratio, a predetermined condition is satisfied.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,performing the compression processing on the CBG-based feedback responseinformation corresponding to the single transmission block respectivelyincludes:

estimating a number of bits to be transmitted in the uplink controlinformation obtained after performing the processing on the feedbackresponse information by using each available compression ratio in turntill the predetermined condition is satisfied; and

determining the compression ratio adopted when the predeterminedcondition is satisfied as the target compression ratio.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above-mentionedpossible implementations, in another possible implementation of thefirst aspect, estimating the number of the bits to be transmitted in theuplink control information obtained after performing the processing onthe feedback response information by using each available compressionratio in turn includes:

estimating the number of the bits to be transmitted in the uplinkcontrol information obtained after performing the processing on thefeedback response information by using each available compression ratioin turn according to an order of the compression ratio from small tolarge.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,determining the compression ratio to be adopted includes:

determining an available compression ratio currently used for estimatingthe number of bits to be transmitted in the processed uplink controlinformation according to a current number of times of estimations and aunit of the compression ratio.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,performing the compression processing on the CBG-based feedback responseinformation by using the target compression ratio includes:

determining to perform the compression processing on the CBG-basedfeedback response information by using the target compression ratio toobtain the number of bits of the feedback response information after thecompression processing which is equal to a fifth value;

wherein the fifth value is obtained by ceiling a maximum number ofcoding block groups which can be included in the transmission blockdivided by the target compression ratio.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,performing the processing on the CBG-based feedback response informationincludes:

performing a combining processing on the CBG-based feedback responseinformation.

In combination with the first aspect or any of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,a number of valid bits of CBG-based feedback response information beforea compression is greater than the fifth value.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,performing the compression processing on the CBG-based feedback responseinformation includes:

performing the combining processing on adjacent valid bits in the validbits of the CBG-based feedback response information.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,performing the compression processing on the CBG-based feedback responseinformation includes:

grouping the valid bits of the CBG-based feedback response information,wherein a difference between different groups in the number of validbits is not greater than 1;

performing the combining processing in groups.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,performing the processing on the CBG-based feedback response informationincludes:

mapping the valid bits of the CBG-based feedback response information tothe processed valid bits.

In combination with the first aspect or any of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,the number of valid bits of the CBG-based feedback response informationbefore the compression is not greater than the fifth value.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,performing the processing on the CBG-based feedback response informationby using the target compression ratio includes:

filling the processed feedback response information with placeholderinformation to make a number of bits after the filling equal to thefifth value.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,a value of the target compression ratio is a constant or configured by anetwork side, wherein the target compression ratio is a ratio of thenumber of bits before the compression to the number of bits after thecompression.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,the predetermined condition is:

the number of bits to be transmitted in the uplink control informationis less than or equal to the first value.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,performing the compression processing on the uplink control informationincludes:

after performing the compression processing on the CBG-based feedbackresponse information, when the number of bits of the uplink controlinformation is greater than the first value, discarding channel stateinformation included in the uplink control information.

In combination with the first aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the first aspect,the first value is a maximum number of bits of the uplink controlinformation transmitted in the target time unit.

In a second aspect, a radio communication method is provided. The methodincludes:

receiving uplink control information after a compression processing sentby a terminal device in a target time unit, wherein the compressionprocessing includes a compression processing performed on CBG-basedfeedback response information included in the uplink control informationto be transmitted;

determining feedback response information of each coding block group.

In combination with the second aspect, in one possible implementation ofthe second aspect, the compression processing including a compressionprocessing performed on the CBG-based feedback response informationincluded in the uplink control information to be transmitted, includes:

performing the compression processing on CBG-based feedback responseinformation corresponding to a single transmission block respectively.

In combination with the second aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the secondaspect, a number of bits of the uplink control information after thecompression processing is not greater than a first value.

In combination with the second aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the secondaspect, the first value is a maximum number of bits of the uplinkcontrol information transmitted in the target time unit.

In combination with the second aspect or any one of the above possibleimplementations, in another possible implementation of the secondaspect, the compression process further includes:

after performing the compression processing on the CBG-based feedbackresponse information, when a number of bits of first uplink controlinformation obtained is greater than the first value, discarding channelstate information included in the first uplink control information.

In a third aspect, a terminal device is provided. The terminal device isused for performing the method in the above first aspect or any possibleimplementation of the first aspect. Specifically, the terminal deviceincludes function modules used for executing the method in the firstaspect or any possible implementation of the first aspect describedabove.

In a fourth aspect, a network device is provided. The network device isused for performing the method in the above second aspect or anypossible implementation of the second aspect. Specifically, the networkdevice includes function modules for executing the method in the secondaspect or in any possible implementation of the second aspect describedabove.

In a fifth aspect, a terminal device is provided. The terminal deviceincludes a processor, a storage, and a transceiver. The processor, thestorage, and the transceiver communicate with each other throughinternal connection paths to transfer control and/or data signals sothat the terminal device executes the method in the first aspect or anypossible implementation of the first aspect described above.

In a sixth aspect, a network device is provided. The network deviceincludes a processor, a storage, and a transceiver. The processor, thestorage, and the transceiver communicate with each other throughinternal connection paths to transfer control and/or data signals sothat the network device executes the method in the second aspect or anypossible implementation of the second aspect described above.

In a seventh aspect, a computer readable medium for storing a computerprogram is provided. The computer program includes instructions forexecuting any method or any possible implementation of the methoddescribed above.

In an eighth aspect, a computer program product containing instructionsis provided. When running on a computer, the computer program productcauses the computer to execute any method or any possible implementationof the method described above.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

To describe the technical scheme of implementations of the presentdisclosure more clearly, accompanying drawings that need to be used inthe implementations or description for the prior art will be brieflyintroduced below. It is apparent that the accompanying drawingsdescribed below are only some implementations of the present disclosure;and for a person of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings may beobtained according to these drawings without paying an inventive effort.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a radio communication system accordingto an implementation of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a radio communication methodaccording to an implementation of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device according to animplementation of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to animplementation of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a system chip according to animplementation of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device accordingto an implementation of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The technical scheme in implementations of the present disclosure willbe described below with reference to the drawings in implementations ofthe present disclosure. It is apparent that the implementationsdescribed are just some implementations of the present disclosure, butnot all implementations of the present disclosure. According to theimplementations of the present disclosure, all other implementationsachieved by a person of ordinary skill in the art without paying aninventive effort are within the protection scope of the presentdisclosure.

The technical solutions of the implementations of the present disclosuremay be applied to various communication systems, such as, Global Systemof Mobile communication (GSM) system, Code Division Multiple Access(CDMA) system, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system,General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) system, Long Term Evolution (LTE)system, LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system, LTE Time DivisionDuplex (TDD) system, Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS)system, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX)communication system, or a future 5G system.

FIG. 1 shows a radio communication system 100 applied in animplementation of the present disclosure. The radio communication system100 may include a network device 110. The network device 100 may be adevice that communicates with a terminal device. The network device 100may provide communication coverage for a specific geographical area, andmay communicate with a terminal device (e.g., UE) in the coverage area.Optionally, the network device 100 may be a Base Transceiver Station(BTS) in a GSM system or CDMA system, a NodeB (NB) in a WCDMA system, anEvolutional Node B (eNB or eNodeB) in an LTE system, or a radiocontroller in a Cloud Radio Access Network (CRAN). Or the network devicemay be a relay station, an access point, an on-board device, or awearable device, a network device in a future 5G network, or a networkdevice in a future evolved Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), etc.

The radio communication system 100 also includes at least one terminaldevice 120 in the coverage area of the network device 110. The terminaldevice 120 may be mobile or fixed. Optionally, the terminal device 120may be referred to as an access terminal, User Equipment (UE), asubscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a remotestation, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a user terminal, aterminal, a radio communication device, a user agent, or a userapparatus. The access terminal may be a cellular phone, a cordlessphone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop(WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a handheld devicewith a radio communication function, a computing device, or otherprocessing device connected to a wireless modem, an on-board device, awearable device, a terminal device in a future 5G network, or a terminaldevice in a future evolving Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), or thelike.

Optionally, a Device to Device (D2D) communication may be performedbetween the terminal devices 120.

Optionally, the 5G system or network may also be referred to as a NewRadio (NR) system or network.

FIG. 1 exemplifies one network device and two terminal devices.Optionally, the radio communication system 100 may include multiplenetwork devices, and another quantity of terminal devices may beincluded within the coverage area of each network device, which is notrestricted in implementations of the present disclosure.

Optionally, the radio communication system 100 may also include othernetwork entities such as a network controller, a mobile managemententity, and implementations of the present disclosure are not limitedthereto.

It should be understood that the terms “system” and “network” are oftenused interchangeably in this document. The term “and/or” in thisdocument is merely an association relationship describing an associatedobject, indicating that there may be three relationships, for example, aand/or b may indicate three cases: a alone, a and b, and b alone. Inaddition, the symbol “/” in this document generally indicates thatobjects before and after the symbol “/” have an “or” relationship.

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a radio communication method 200according to an implementation of the present disclosure. The method 200may optionally be applied to the system shown in FIG. 1, but is notlimited thereto. The method 200 includes at least some of the followingcontents.

In 210, a terminal device performs a compression processing on uplinkcontrol information to be transmitted in a target time unit, wherein thecompression processing includes a compression processing performed onCoding Block Group (CBG)-based feedback response information included inthe uplink control information.

Optionally, the target time unit mentioned in an implementation of thepresent disclosure may be a radio frame, a subframe, a time slot, a minitime slot or a symbol, etc.

It should be understood that in an implementation of the presentdisclosure, in addition to performing the compression processing on theCBG-based feedback response information, the compression processingperformed on the uplink control information may also include othercompression processing.

For example, part of the uplink control information, such as channelstate information, is discarded.

For example, the uplink control information may also include codingblock-based feedback response information, and the compressionprocessing may be performed on the coding block-based feedback responseinformation.

For example, a combining processing may be performed on feedbackresponse information of multiple transmission blocks.

Optionally, before the terminal device performs the compressionprocessing on the uplink control information to be transmitted in thetarget time unit, it is determined that the number of bits to betransmitted in the uplink control information is greater than a firstvalue.

Optionally, in an implementation of the present disclosure, the firstvalue may be the maximum number of bits of uplink control informationtransmitted in the target time unit.

The maximum number of bits may be configured by a network device for theterminal device, or may be determined by the terminal device accordingto its own capability.

It should be understood that the first value of the implementation ofthe present disclosure may also be other values, for example, X percentof the maximum number of bits of uplink control information transmittedin the target time unit, and X is less than 100, etc.

Optionally, according to the first value, the terminal device performsthe compression processing on the uplink control information, so thatthe number of bits to be transmitted in the uplink control informationafter the compression processing is less than or equal to the firstvalue.

Optionally, the terminal device performs the compression processing onCBG-based feedback response information corresponding to a singletransmission block respectively.

Specifically, the terminal device may perform the compression processingin transmission blocks, for example, a combining processing is performedon valid bits of CBG-based feedback response information included ineach transmission block, or a smaller amount of placeholder informationis added to feedback response information corresponding to a singletransmission block, etc.

Optionally, the compression processing is performed on CBG-basedfeedback response information corresponding to different transmissionblocks by using a same compression mode, and the same compression modeincludes a same compression ratio and/or same compression times.

Specifically, the terminal device performs the same processing on theCBG-based feedback response information corresponding to eachtransmission block. Specifically, the same number of compressions may beperformed, or the compression may be performed by using the samecompression ratio, and the like.

Optionally, the compression processing is performed on the CBG-basedfeedback response information corresponding to the single transmissionblock in turn according to a compression priority of the singletransmission block.

The compression priority may indicate an order by which thecorresponding transmission blocks are compressed.

Specifically, the single transmission block with the highest compressionpriority may be compressed so that the number of bits occupied by thesingle transmission block after the compression reaches the minimumnumber of bits. If the current number of bits to be transmitted of theuplink control information is less than or equal to the first valueafter the single transmission block is compressed, the compression ofthe uplink control information is stopped. If the current number of bitsto be transmitted in the uplink control information is greater than thefirst value, the CBG-based feedback response information correspondingto the transmission block with a secondary compression priority iscompressed, and so on.

Or, all transmission blocks may be compressed in a first round in turnaccording to the compression priorities. If the current number of bitsto be transmitted of the uplink control information is less than orequal to the first value after the first round of compression, thecompression of the uplink control information is stopped. If the numberof current bits to be transmitted in the uplink control information isgreater than the first value, a next round of compression is performed.In a process of each round of compression, if only the CBG-basedfeedback response information corresponding to part of the transmissionblocks is compressed, as a result, the current number of bits to betransmitted in the uplink control information may be less than or equalto the first value, then the compression of the uplink controlinformation also is stopped.

To understand the present disclosure more clearly, the compressionmanner of implementations of the application will be described in detailbelow in combination with the two realization modes, mode A and mode B.It should be understood that the following mode A is applicable to ascene where a compression processing is performed on the CBG-basedfeedback response information corresponding to all transmission blocksin the same compression mode. The following mode A is also applicable toa scene where the compression processing is performed on the CBG-basedfeedback response information corresponding to the single transmissionblock in turn according to the compression priority of the singletransmission block.

Mode A

In mode A, performing the compression processing on the CBG-basedfeedback response information corresponding to the single transmissionblock respectively includes: at least one processing is performed on theCBG-based feedback response information in turn till a predeterminedcondition is satisfied, wherein information used in an (M+1)thprocessing is feedback response information after an Mth processing, andthe M is an integer greater than or equal to 0.

Optionally, the predetermined condition is that the number of bits to betransmitted in the uplink control information is less than or equal to afirst value.

Optionally, the processing of the mode A may aim at all transmissionblocks, that is, at least one compression processing is performed on theCBG-based feedback response information corresponding to eachtransmission block. Herein, the numbers of the compressions fordifferent transmission blocks may be the same or different.

Optionally, the processing of the mode A may aim at part of thetransmission blocks, that is, at least one compression processing isperformed on the CBG-based feedback response information correspondingto part of the transmission blocks. Herein, the number of thecompressions for different transmission blocks may be the same ordifferent.

Optionally, the (M+1)th processing is performed on the feedback responseinformation after the Mth processing so that the number of bits of thefeedback response information after the (M+1)th processing is less thanor equal to a second value.

Optionally, the second value mentioned in the implementation of thepresent disclosure may be related to all compression ratios from the 0thcompression processing to (M+1)th compression processing and the maximumnumber of coding block groups which may be included in the transmissionblock.

In an implementation, the second value is obtained by ceiling themaximum number of coding block groups which can be included in thetransmission block divided by a third value, wherein the third value isequal to the value obtained by multiplying a first compression ratioadopted in the (M+1)th processing by a second compression ratio adoptedpreviously.

In an implementation, the second value is obtained by ceiling the numberof bits corresponding to the multiple coding block groups before the(M+1)th processing divided by a third compression ratio.

In an implementation, the second value is obtained by ceiling themaximum number of coding block groups which can be included in thetransmission block divided by a fourth value, wherein the fourth valueis an (M+1)th power of a fourth compression ratio.

Optionally, the compression ratio in the implementation of the presentdisclosure is a ratio of the number of bits before a compression to thenumber of bits after the compression.

However, implementations of the present disclosure are not limitedthereto, and a compression ratio of the present disclosure may also be aratio of the number of bits after a compression to the number of bitsbefore the compression.

Optionally, the value of the first compression ratio, the value of thesecond compression ratio, the value of the third compression ratio, orthe value of the fourth compression ratio is a constant or configured bya network side.

Optionally, the (M+1)th processing is performed by using the feedbackresponse information after the Mth processing, wherein the (M+1)thprocessing includes performing a combining processing on valid bits ofthe feedback response information after the Mth processing to obtainvalid bits of the feedback response information after the (M+1)thprocessing.

Specifically, after the terminal device performs the Mth compressionprocessing, if the number of valid bits obtained after the Mthcompression processing is greater than the second value, it means thatvalid bits obtained after the Mth compression processing need to becombined, wherein the combining processing mentioned in theimplementation of the present disclosure may be a logical additionprocessing of bits, or the like.

Optionally, the combining processing is performed on adjacent valid bitsin the valid bits of the feedback response information after the Mthprocessing to obtain the valid bits of the feedback response informationafter the (M+1)th processing.

Specifically, the combining processing may be performed on adjacentvalid bits according to the compression ratio adopted in the (M+1)thcompression processing. For example, if the compression ratio adopted inthe (M+1)th compression processing is 3 and the number of valid bitsobtained after the Mth compression processing is 7, the combiningprocessing may be performed on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd bits, and thecombining processing may be performed on the 4th, 5th and 6th bits, andthe 7th bit may be kept unchanged, so as to obtain 3 valid bits. Or thecombining processing may be performed on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd bits, thecombining processing may be performed on the 4th and 5th bits, and thecombining processing may be performed on the 6th and 7th bits.

Optionally, the valid bits of the feedback response information afterthe Mth processing are grouped according to a compression ratio of the(M+1)th processing, wherein a difference between different groups in thenumber of valid bits is not greater than 1. A combining processing isperformed in groups. When grouping, adjacent bits may be put into onegroup.

Specifically, adjacent valid bits may be grouped according to thecompression ratio adopted in the (M+1)th compression processing. Forexample, if the compression ratio adopted in the (M+1)th compressionprocessing is 3 and the number of valid bits obtained after the Mthcompression processing is 7, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd bits may be put intoone group, the 4th and 5th bits into one group, and the 6th and 7th bitsinto one group.

In this case, a difference between different groups in the number ofvalid bits is not greater than 1, which can make the grouping as uniformas possible and make a validation rate of the information higher.

Optionally, the terminal device performs the (M+1)th processing by usingthe feedback response information after the Mth processing, whereinvalid bits in the feedback response information after the Mth processingare mapped to the valid bits in the feedback response information afterthe (M+1)th processing.

Specifically, when the number of valid bits of the feedback responseinformation after the Mth processing is not greater than the secondvalue, it means that there is no need to perform the combiningprocessing on the valid bits during the (M+1)th processing. At thistime, the valid bits in the feedback response information after the Mthprocessing may be directly used as valid bits in the feedback responseinformation after the (M+1)th processing.

Optionally, after performing at least one processing on the CBG-basedfeedback response information, when the current number of bits to betransmitted in the uplink control information is less than or equal tothe second value, the feedback response information is filled withplaceholder information so that the number of bits of the filledfeedback response information is equal to the second value.

Specifically, after performing all of the at least one processing on theCBG-based feedback response information, if the current number of bitsto be transmitted in the uplink control information is less than orequal to a second value, the feedback response information may be filledwith placeholder information so that the number of bits of the filledfeedback response information is equal to the second value.

The second value mentioned here may be related to all compression ratiosused in the at least one compression processing and the maximum numberof coding block groups which can be included in the transmission block.

In an implementation, the second value is obtained by ceiling themaximum number of coding block groups which can be included in thetransmission block divided by a third value, wherein the third value isequal to the value obtained by multiplying a first compression ratioadopted in the last processing by a second compression ratio adoptedpreviously.

In an implementation, the second value is obtained by ceiling the numberof bits corresponding to the multiple coding block groups before thelast processing divided by a third compression ratio.

In an implementation, the second value is obtained by ceiling themaximum number of coding block groups which can be included in thetransmission block divided by a fourth value, wherein the fourth valueis an Rth power of a fourth compression ratio, the R is the number ofall compressions.

To understand the present disclosure more clearly, the mode A accordingto an implementation of the present disclosure will be described indetail below in combination with examples.

Specifically, the terminal device determines the number P of actuallyscheduled coding block groups in a transmission block, P is not greaterthan Q, and Q is the maximum number of coding block groups included inthe transmission block.

In act 1), the terminal respectively performs the following processingfor multiple CBG-level feedback-based transmission blocks.

In 1.1), if P is not greater than ┌Q/2┐, and Q=1, 2, 4, 6 or 8, acombining processing is not performed on the P-bit feedback informationcorresponding to the transmission block.

In 1.2), if P is greater than ┌Q/2┐, a combining processing is performedon the P-bit valid feedback information corresponding to thetransmission block. The adjacent 2 bits in the P-bit feedback responseinformation are combined to obtain ┌P/2┐-bit information, for example,P=5, bit 1 and bit 2 are combined, bit 3 and bit 4 are combined, and bit5 is kept unchanged.

After the act 1), a range of the numbers of feedback responseinformation bits corresponding to one transmission block may be {1, 2,3, 4}.

After the terminal device respectively performs the processing in theact 1) above for multiple transmission blocks, if the total number ofbits to be transmitted in the uplink control information (assuming plusthe number of bits of placeholder information, wherein the number ofbits of the placeholder information is ┌Q/2┐−┌P/2┐) is not greater thanthe maximum number of bits, then all the obtained uplink controlinformation is transmitted. Otherwise, the act 2 is executed.

In act 2), the terminal respectively performs the following processingfor multiple CBG-level feedback-based transmission blocks.

In 2.1), if P1 is not greater than ┌Q/4┐, Q=1, 2, 4, 6 or 8, the P1-bitfeedback information is not compressed, and bit mapping is directlyperformed, wherein P1 may be equal to P or ┌P/2┐.

In 2.2), if P1 is greater than ┌Q/4┐, a combining processing isperformed on P1-bit information. Adjacent 2 bits in the P1-bitinformation are combined to obtain ┌P1/2┐-bit information. For example,P1=3, then bit 1 and bit 2 are combined, and bit 3 remains unchanged.

After the act 2), a range of the numbers of feedback responseinformation bits corresponding to one transmission block may be {1, 2}.

After the terminal device respectively performs the processing in theact 2) above for multiple transmission blocks, if the total number ofbits to be transmitted in the uplink control information (assuming plusthe number of bits of placeholder information, wherein the number ofbits of the placeholder information is ┌Q/4┐−┌P/4┐) is not greater thanthe maximum number of bits, then all the obtained uplink controlinformation is transmitted. Otherwise, act 3 is executed.

In act 3), the terminal respectively performs the following processingfor multiple CBG-level feedback-based transmission blocks.

In 3.1), if P2 is not greater than ┌Q/8┐, Q=1, 2, 4, 6 or 8, the P2-bitfeedback information is not compressed, and bit mapping is directlyperformed, wherein P2 may be equal to P1 or ┌P1/2┐, to obtain┌Q/8┐=1-bit information corresponding to the transmission block.

In 3.2), if P2 is greater than ┌Q/8┐, a combining processing isperformed on P2-bit information. Adjacent 2 bits in the P2-bitinformation are combined to obtain ┌P2/2┐-bit information.

Optionally, after performing the compression processing on the CBG-basedfeedback response information, when the number of bits of the uplinkcontrol information is greater than a first value, channel stateinformation included in the uplink control information is discarded.

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In mode B, the terminal device performs a processing on the CBG-basedfeedback response information by using a target compression ratio.Herein, after performing the processing on the CBG-based feedbackresponse information by using the target compression ratio, apredetermined condition is satisfied.

Specifically, the terminal device may determine a target compressionratio, wherein after the CBG-based feedback response information isprocessed using the target compression ratio, a predetermined conditionis satisfied. The CBG-based feedback response information of one or moretransmission blocks is processed based on the target compression ratio.

Optionally, the predetermined condition is that the number of bits to betransmitted in the uplink control information is less than or equal to afirst value.

Optionally, the processing of the mode B may aim at all transmissionblocks, that is, a compression processing is performed on the CBG-basedfeedback response information corresponding to each transmission block.Herein, the target compression ratios adopted by different transmissionblocks for performing the compression processing may be the same ordifferent.

Optionally, the processing of the mode B may aim at part of thetransmission blocks, that is, the compression processing is performed onthe CBG-based feedback response information corresponding to the part ofthe transmission blocks. Herein, the compression ratios of differenttransmission blocks for performing the processing may be the same ordifferent.

Optionally, the number of bits to be transmitted in the uplink controlinformation obtained after performing the processing on the feedbackresponse information is estimated by using each available compressionratio in turn till the predetermined condition is satisfied. Thecompression ratio used when the predetermined condition is satisfied isdetermined as the target compression ratio.

Optionally, the number of bits to be transmitted in the uplink controlinformation obtained after performing the processing on the feedbackresponse information is estimated by using each available compressionratio in turn according to an order of the compression ratio from smallto large.

Optionally, an available compression ratio currently used for estimatingthe number of bits to be transmitted in the processed uplink controlinformation is determined according to a unit of the compression ratioand a current number of times of estimations.

Optionally, it is determined to perform the compression processing onthe CBG-based feedback response information by using the targetcompression ratio to obtain the number of bits of the compressedfeedback response information which is equal to a fifth value.

Optionally, in an implementation of the present disclosure, the fifthvalue is obtained by ceiling the maximum number of coding block groupswhich can be included in the transmission block divided by the targetcompression ratio.

Optionally, a combining processing is performed on the CBG-basedfeedback response information.

Specifically, when the number of valid bits of the CBG-based feedbackresponse information before the compression is greater than the fifthvalue, it means that a combining processing needs to be performed on thevalid bits of the feedback response information, and at this time, thecombining processing may be performed on the valid bits of the feedbackresponse information according to the target compression ratio.

Optionally, the combining processing is performed on adjacent valid bitsin the valid bits of the CBG-based feedback response information.

Specifically, the combining processing may be performed on adjacentvalid bits according to the target compression ratio. For example, ifthe target compression ratio is 3 and the number of valid bits obtainedafter the Mth compression processing is 7, the combining processing maybe performed on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd bits, and the combining processingmay be performed on the 4th, 5th and 6th bits, and the 7th bit may bekept unchanged, so as to obtain 3 valid bits. Or the combiningprocessing may be performed on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd bits, the combiningprocessing may be performed on the 4th and 5th bits, and the combiningprocessing may be performed on the 6th and 7th bits.

Optionally, the valid bits of the CBG-based feedback responseinformation are grouped, wherein a difference between different groupsin the number of valid bits is not greater than 1. A combiningprocessing is performed in groups. When grouping, adjacent bits may beput into one group.

Specifically, adjacent valid bits may be grouped according to the targetcompression ratio. For example, if the compression ratio adopted in the(M+1)th compression processing is 3 and the number of valid bitsobtained after the Mth compression processing is 7, the 1st, 2nd and 3rdbits may be put into one group, the 4th and 5th bits into one group, andthe 6th and 7th bits into one group.

In this case, a difference between different groups in the number ofvalid bits is not greater than 1, which can make the grouping as uniformas possible and make an effective rate of the information higher.

Optionally, the valid bits of the CBG-based feedback responseinformation are mapped to the processed valid bits.

Specifically, when the number of valid bits of the CBG-based feedbackresponse information before the compression is not greater than thefifth value, it means that a combining processing does not need to beperformed on the valid bits. At this time, the valid bits in thefeedback response information before the processing may be directly usedas the valid bits in the feedback response information after theprocessing.

Optionally, the processed feedback response information is filled withplaceholder information so that the number of bits after the filling isequal to the fifth value.

Specifically, after performing the processing on the CBG-based feedbackresponse information, if the current number of bits to be transmitted inthe uplink control information is less than or equal to the fifth value,the feedback response information may be filled with placeholderinformation so that the number of bits of the filled feedback responseinformation is equal to the fifth value.

Optionally, the value of the target compression ratio is a constant orconfigured by the network side, wherein the target compression ratio isa ratio of the number of bits before compression to the number of bitsafter the compression.

To understand the present disclosure more clearly, the mode B accordingto an implementation of the present disclosure will be described indetail below in combination with examples.

Specifically, the terminal device determines the number P of actuallyscheduled coding block groups in a transmission block, P is not greaterthan Q, and Q is the maximum number of coding block groups included inthe transmission block.

In act 1), the terminal device respectively calculates the correspondingO=┌Q/2┐ for each CBG-level feedback-based transmission block as thenumber of feedback response information bits corresponding to thetransmission block, to determine whether the total number of bits of alluplink control information is greater than the maximum number of bits,wherein Q=1, 2, 4, 6 or 8. If the total number of bits of all uplinkcontrol information is not greater than the maximum number of bits, act2) is executed, if the total number of bits of all uplink controlinformation is greater than the maximum number of bits, act 3) isexecuted.

In act 2), the terminal respectively performs the following processingfor multiple CBG-level feedback-based transmission blocks.

In 2.1), if P is not greater than O=┌Q/2┐, the P-bit feedbackinformation corresponding to the transmission block is not compressed.┌Q/2┐−P-bit Placeholder information is used after the P bits to obtainO=┌Q/2┐-bit information corresponding to the transmission block.

In 2.2), if P is greater than O=┌Q/2┐, a combining processing isperformed on the P-bit feedback information corresponding to thetransmission block. A combining processing is performed on the adjacent2 bits of feedback response information in the P-bit information toobtain ┌P/2┐-bit information. For example, P=5, bit 1 and bit 2 arecombined, bit 3 and bit 4 are combined, and bit 5 keeps unchanged.┌Q/2┐−┌P/2┐-bit Placeholder information is used after the └P/2┘ bits toobtain └Q/2┘-bit information corresponding to the transmission block.

In act 3), the terminal device respectively calculates the correspondingO=┌Q/4┐ for each CBG-level feedback-based transmission block as thenumber of feedback response information bits corresponding to thetransmission block, to determine whether the total number of bits of alluplink control information is greater than the maximum number of bits,wherein Q=1, 2, 4, 6 or 8. If the total number of bits of all uplinkcontrol information is not greater than the maximum number of bits, act4) is executed, if the total number of bits of all uplink controlinformation is greater than the maximum number of bits, act 5) isexecuted.

In 4.1), if P is not greater than O=┌Q/4┐, the P-bit feedbackinformation corresponding to the transmission block is not compressed.┌Q/4┐−P-bit Placeholder information is used after the P bits to obtainO=┌Q/4┐-bit information corresponding to the transmission block.

In 4.2), if P is greater than O=┌Q/4┐, a combining processing isperformed on the P-bit feedback information corresponding to thetransmission block. The P bits are divided into R groups (if the maximumof Q is equal to 8, then R=1 or 2), wherein the bits in each group areadjacent bits, wherein the number of bits in the first ┌P/R┐×R−P groupis └P/R┘, and the number of bits in the last ┌P/R┐×R−P group is ┌P/R┐.The bit information in each group is combined to obtain R=┌Q/4┐-bitinformation, for example, P=5, Q=8, R=2, ┌P/R┐×R−P=1 group contains 2bits, and ┌P/R┐×R−P=1 group contains 3 bits.

In act 5), the terminal calculates the corresponding S=┌Q/8┐ for eachCBG-level feedback-based transmission block respectively.

In 5.1), if P is not greater than S=┌Q/8┐=1, the P-bit feedbackinformation corresponding to the transmission block is not compressed.S=┌Q/8┐=1-bit information corresponding to the transmission block isobtained.

In 5.2), if P is greater than S=┌Q/8┐, a combining processing isperformed on all-bit feedback information corresponding to thetransmission block. S=┌Q/8┐=1 bit information is obtained.

Optionally, after performing the compression processing on the CBG-basedfeedback response information, when the number of bits of the uplinkcontrol information is greater than the first value, channel stateinformation included in the uplink control information is discarded.

In 220, the terminal device transmits the uplink control informationafter the compression processing to a network device in the target timeunit.

In 230, the network device receives the uplink control information afterthe compression processing sent by the terminal device in the targettime unit, wherein the compression processing includes a compressionprocessing performed on the CBG-based feedback response informationincluded in the uplink control information to be transmitted.

In 240, the network device determines feedback response information ofeach coding block group.

Specifically, the network device may determine feedback responseinformation of each coding block group from the uplink controlinformation after the compression processing. At least one coding blockgroup corresponding to each valid bit in the feedback responseinformation corresponding to a single transmission block is determined.Feedback response information of the at least one coding block group isdetermined from valid bits corresponding to the at least one codingblock group.

Optionally, at least one coding block group corresponding to each validbit is determined according to the mode by which the terminal deviceperforms the compression processing on the CBG-based feedback responseinformation.

Optionally, the compression processing mode is used to indicate a modeof combining valid bit bits and/or a compression ratio used for thecompression.

Therefore, a compression processing is performed on uplink controlinformation to be transmitted in a target time unit, wherein thecompression processing includes a compression processing performed onthe CBG-based feedback response information included in the uplinkcontrol information, which can reduce the number of bits of the uplinkcontrol information, avoid a case where the number of bits of the uplinkcontrol information is greater than the maximum number of bits which canbe transmitted by the terminal device in the time unit, increase anuplink coverage radius, and reduce the probability of limiting thetransmission power of the terminal device.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device 400 accordingto an implementation of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 3, theterminal device 400 includes a processing unit 410 and a communicationunit 420.

The processing unit 410 is used for performing a compression processingon uplink control information to be transmitted in a target time unit,wherein the compression processing includes a compression processingperformed on CBG-based feedback response information included in theuplink control information.

The communication unit is used for transmitting the uplink controlinformation after the compression processing in the target time unit.

It should be understood that the terminal device 400 may correspond tothe terminal device in the method implementations and may implementcorresponding operations implemented by the terminal device in themethod implementations. For sake of conciseness, it will not be repeatedhere.

FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a network device 500 according toan implementation of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 4, thenetwork device 500 includes a communication unit 510 and a processingunit 520. The communication unit 510 is used for receiving uplinkcontrol information after a compression processing sent by a terminaldevice in a target time unit, wherein the compression processingincludes a compression processing performed on CBG-based feedbackresponse information included in uplink control information to betransmitted. The processing unit 520 is used for determining feedbackresponse information of each coding block group.

It should be understood that the network device 500 may correspond tothe network device in the method implementations and may implementcorresponding operations implemented by the network device in the methodimplementations. For sake of conciseness, it will not be repeated here.

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a system chip 600 accordingto an implementation of the present disclosure. The system chip 600 ofFIG. 5 includes an input interface 601, an output interface 602, aprocessor 603, and a storage 604. The input interface 601, the outputinterface 602, the processor 603, and the storage 604 are connectedthrough internal communication connection lines. The processor 603 isused for executing codes in the storage 604.

Optionally, when the code is executed, the processor 603 implements themethod implemented by the network device in the method implementations.For sake of conciseness, it will not be repeated here.

Optionally, when the code is executed, the processor 603 implements themethod implemented by the terminal device in the method implementations.For sake of conciseness, it will not be repeated here.

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device 700according to an implementation of the present disclosure. As shown inFIG. 6, the communication device 700 include a processor 710 and astorage 720. The storage 720 may store program codes, and the processor710 may execute the program codes stored in the storage 720.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 6, the communication device 700 may includea transceiver 730, and the processor 710 may control the transceiver 730to communicate with the external.

Optionally, the processor 710 may call the program codes stored in thestorage 720 to perform corresponding operations of the network device inthe method implementations, which will not be repeated here for sake ofconciseness.

Optionally, the processor 710 may call the program codes stored in thestorage 720 to perform corresponding operations of the terminal devicein the method implementations, which will not repeated here for sake ofconciseness.

It should be understood that the processor in an implementation of thepresent disclosure may be an integrated circuit chip with a capabilityfor processing signals. In the realization process, the acts of themethod implementations described above may be accomplished by integratedlogic circuits of hardware in the processor or instructions in the formof software. The above processor may be a general purpose processor, adigital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integratedcircuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or otherprogrammable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, ordiscrete hardware component. The processor may implement variousmethods, acts and logic block diagrams disclosed in implementations ofthe present disclosure. The general purpose processor may be amicroprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or thelike. The acts of the method disclosed in connection with theimplementation of the present disclosure may be directly embodied by theexecution of the hardware decoding processor, or by the execution of acombination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor.The software modules may be located in a storage medium commonly used inthe art, such as a random access memory, a flash memory, a read-onlymemory, a programmable read-only memory or an electrically erasableprogrammable memory, or a register. The storage medium is located in thememory, and the processor reads the information in the memory andaccomplishes the acts of the above method in combination with itshardware.

It should be understood that the storage in implementations of thepresent disclosure may be a transitory memory or non-transitory memory,or may include both transitory memory and non-transitory memory. Thenon-transitory memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), programmable ROM(PROM), an erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), an electrically erasableprogrammable ROM (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The transitory memory maybe a random access memory (RAM) which serves as an external cache. As anexample, but not as a limitation, many forms of RAMs are available, suchas a static random access memory (SRAM), a dynamic random access memory(DRAM), a synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), a doubledata rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), an enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), a SynchlinkDRAM (SLDRAM), and a Direct Rambus RAM (DR RAM). It should be noted thatthe memories of the systems and methods described herein are intended toinclude, but are not limited to, these and any other suitable types ofmemories.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the exemplaryelements and algorithm acts described in connection with theimplementations disclosed herein can be implemented in electronichardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware.Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends onthe specific application and design constraints of the technicalsolution. Skilled in the art may use different methods to realize thedescribed functions for each particular application, but suchrealization should not be considered to be beyond the scope of thepresent disclosure.

Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that for convenience andconciseness of description, corresponding processes in theaforementioned method implementations may be referred to for thespecific working processes of the system, device, and unit describedabove, which are not repeated here.

In several implementations provided by the present disclosure, it shouldbe understood that the disclosed system, apparatus and method may beimplemented in other ways. The apparatus implementations described aboveare only illustrative, for example, the division of the units is only alogical function division, and there may be other division manners inactual realization. For example, multiple units or components may becombined or integrated into another system, or some features may beignored or not executed. In addition, the mutual coupling or directcoupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be indirectcoupling or communication connection through some interface, apparatusor unit, and may be electrical, mechanical or in other forms.

The unit described as a separate component may or may not be physicallyseparated, and the component shown as a unit may or may not be aphysical unit, i.e., it may be located in one place or may bedistributed over multiple network units. Some or all of the units may beselected according to practical needs to achieve a purpose of theimplementations.

In addition, various functional units in various implementations of thepresent disclosure may be integrated in one processing unit, or variousunits may be physically present separately, or two or more units may beintegrated in one unit.

The function may be stored in a computer readable storage medium ifimplemented in a form of software functional unit and sold or used as aseparate product. Based on this understanding, the technical solution ofthe implementation of the present disclosure, in essence, or the partcontributing to the related art, or the part of the technical solution,may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storagemedium, including several instructions for causing a computer device(which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.)to perform all or part of the acts of the methods described in variousimplementations of the present disclosure. The aforementioned storagemedia include various media capable of storing program codes, such as aU disk, a mobile hard disk, ROM, RAM, a magnetic disk or an opticaldisk.

The foregoing are merely exemplary implementations of the presentdisclosure, but the protection scope of the present disclosure is notlimited thereto. Any person skilled in the art can easily conceivechanges or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed by thepresent disclosure, which should be included within the protection scopeof the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of thepresent disclosure should be subject to the protection scope of theclaims.

1. A radio communication method, comprising: performing a compressionprocessing on uplink control information to be transmitted in a targettime unit, wherein the compression processing comprises a compressionprocessing performed on Coding Block Group (CBG)-based feedback responseinformation comprised in the uplink control information; transmittingthe uplink control information after the compression processing in thetarget time unit.
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 5. The method of claim 4, whereinperforming the compression processing on the CBG-based feedback responseinformation corresponding to the single transmission block respectivelycomprises: performing the compression processing on CBG-based feedbackresponse information corresponding to different transmission blocks byusing a same compression mode, wherein the same compression modecomprises a same compression ratio, or same compression times, or a samecompression ratio and same compression times.
 6. The method of claim 4,wherein performing the compression processing on the CBG-based feedbackresponse information corresponding to the single transmission blockrespectively comprises: performing the compression processing on theCBG-based feedback response information corresponding to the singletransmission block in turn according to a compression priority of thesingle transmission block.
 7. The method of claim 4, wherein performingthe compression processing on the CBG-based feedback responseinformation corresponding to the single transmission block respectivelycomprises: performing at least one processing on the CBG-based feedbackresponse information in turn till a predetermined condition issatisfied, wherein information used in an (M+1)th processing is feedbackresponse information after an Mth processing, and the M is an integergreater than or equal to
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 19. The method of claim 18,wherein performing the compression processing on the CBG-based feedbackresponse information corresponding to the single transmission blockrespectively comprises: estimating a number of bits to be transmitted inthe uplink control information obtained after performing the processingon the feedback response information by using each available compressionratio in turn till the predetermined condition is satisfied; determiningthe compression ratio adopted when the predetermined condition issatisfied as the target compression ratio.
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 44. The device of claim 42, whereinthe processor is further used for: performing the compression processingon the CBG-based feedback response information corresponding to thesingle transmission block in turn according to a compression priority ofthe single transmission block.
 45. The device of claim 42, wherein theprocessor is further used for: performing at least one processing on theCBG-based feedback response information in turn till a predeterminedcondition is satisfied, wherein information used in an (M+1)thprocessing is feedback response information after an Mth processing, andthe M is an integer greater than or equal to
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 50. The device ofclaim 48, wherein the processor is further used for: grouping the validbits of the feedback response information after the Mth processingaccording to a compression ratio of the (M+1)th processing, wherein adifference between different groups in the number of valid bits is notgreater than 1; performing the combining processing in groups. 51.(canceled)
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 57. The device of claim 56,wherein the processor is further used for: estimating a number of bitsto be transmitted in the uplink control information obtained afterperforming the processing on the feedback response information by usingeach available compression ratio in turn till the predeterminedcondition is satisfied; determining the compression ratio adopted whenthe predetermined condition is satisfied as the target compressionratio.
 58. The device of claim 57, wherein the processor is further usedfor: estimating the number of the bits to be transmitted in the uplinkcontrol information obtained after performing the processing on thefeedback response information by using each available compression ratioin turn according to an order of the compression ratio from small tolarge.
 59. The device of claim 57, wherein the processor is further usedfor: determining an available compression ratio currently used forestimating the number of bits to be transmitted in the processed uplinkcontrol information according to a current number of times ofestimations and a unit of the compression ratio.
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